Background
Wilson, Philip Duncan was born on February 14, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip Duncan and Germaine Wilson.
Wilson, Philip Duncan was born on February 14, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip Duncan and Germaine Wilson.
Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1944.
Surgical intern, then resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1944-1946;
resident in orthopaedic surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, 1948-1950;
attending surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, since 1951;
surgeon in chief, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, 1972-1990;
surgeon in chief emeritus, trustee, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, since 1990;
resident orthopaedic surgery, San Francisco Medical Center, University of California, 1950-1951;
attending orthopaedic surgeon, New York Hospital, since 1951;
professor surgery, Medical Center, Cornell Univercity, New York City, since 1951. Consultant department orthopaedic surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., Bronx, New York, 1972-1989, NorthShore U. Hospital, Manhasset, New York, since 1975, Memorial Hospital, New York City, since 1978, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, New York, since 1989. Visiting orthopaedic consultant Cho Ray Hospital-Cholon, South Vietnam, 1962.
Member of advisory panel on total hip replacements Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1969, advisory panel on prophylactic antibitotic in surgery, 1977. Chairman consensus development panel on total hip replacements National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982. Member, secretary Advisory Council on Orthopaedic Resident Education, 1981-1993.
Board of directors North America Mechanical Engineering Muller Foundation, 1989-1997. Captain United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American College of Surgeons.
Member American Medical Association, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (president 1972-1973), United States Hip Society (president 1980-1981), Orthopaedic Research Society, Association Hip andKnee Surgery, American Orthopaedis Association, International Hip. Society, International Society Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, New York Academy of Medicine (Chairman.orthopaedic section 1962-1963, chairman biochemistry section 1969-1970), Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (trustee 1981-1983), New York State Society Orthopaedic Surgeons, New York Clinical Society.
Married Katherine Stern.